Department of English

Did you know that former professor Howard Nemerov wrote a poem about our very own WashU ginkgo trees? Well, the time of year is upon us again! Please enjoy this beautiful poem about our beautiful trees right outside Duncker Hall. The Consent Late in November, on a single night... Not even near to freezing, the ginkgo trees That stand along the walk drop all their leaves In one consent, and neither to rain nor to wind But as though to time alone: the golden and green Leaves litter the lawn today, that yesterday Had spread aloft their fluttering fans of light. What signal from the stars? What senses took it in? What in those wooden motives so decided To strike their leaves, to down their leaves, Rebellion or surrender? and if this Can happen thus, what race shall be exempt? What use to learn the lessons taught by time, If a star at any time may tell us: Now.

Leopard print mini skirts and "loud" bodies, oh my! PhD student Ana Quiring writes about popular 90's TV show "The Nanny" in Avidly. Check out this great read at the link below! Thanks Ana!... http://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org//23/the-nannys-loud-body/ See more

Sometimes creativity can come from the darkest daysthat’s just what the students in Prof Julia Walker’s class Intro to Literary Study did by writing pandemic poems. Stay tuned for more each week! #washu #wustl #poems #pandemicpoetry

The equation of sisters, mother, family, with air, water, fire, along with the dreamy manipulation of these elements, lend the poems the uncanniness of fairy tales" Alumna Emma Hine (AB '13) has won the 2021 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry from Sarabande Books for her first collection of poems "Stay Safe." Congrats Emma! ... https://english.wustl.edu//alumna-emma-hine-publishes-awar

Join us TONIGHT at 8pm for craft talk with Mark Bibbins to learn about how these wonderful poems came to be, and much more!... Register below https://wustl.zoom.us/we/register/WN_9Ih4H8tfQtKpd-HMYvfiDA #WashU #WUSTL #Zoomevent #poetrycommunity